Research Internships - Edge Hill University

Students of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages during a class

Research Internships for minoritised students

About the internship placements

The Graduate School are funding 10 Research Internships. Sustainability is central to the RIMES programme, and this is reflected in the research projects advertised below. All projects are linked to one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the RIMES internship scheme is supported by SustainNET. Projects can run from July to September and each intern will receive £1,000.

Internships will be open to students who fit any of the following demographics:

Minoritized ethnic groups
Disabled students
LGBTQ+ students
Students designated as having other legally protected characteristics
Students returning to education
Students who are the first in their family to attend university
Students who were in receipt of pupil premium funding at school
Students who were brought up in care

Available projects

Students must contact the named person for each project by 11 July 2025.

SDG: Goal 4 – Quality Education

SDG; Goal 10 – Reduced Inequalities

Faculty Theme: Inequalities, Health and Well-being

Project Outline:

Building on the successful internship from both 2023 and 2024, this internship will focus on developing a new set of materials for dissemination to schools that draws on research being conducted in Sefton schools during summer 2025 which explores children and young people’s views of inclusion through a range of lenses. The VOICES project was initially designed to reinterpret concepts, ideas and practices relevant to educational and social inclusion with a focus upon SEND. Children’s annotated photographs became the bsis for peer workshops and informed resources now used in CPD sessions as part of a Knowledge Exchange Funded project. These materials are now being used for continuing professional development as part of an Impact Knowledge Exchange Funded project. In the current and ongoing phase of the project we are developing more toolkits relating to specific topics that schools have raised concerns around – support for disability / transition between primary and secondary school / outdoor education / anxiety, mental health and wellbeing / bullying.

The materials created will join the existing packages housed on figshare:

https://figshare.com/projects/Visualising_Opportunities_Inclusion_for_Children_Education_and_Society_VOICES_ED_/183598

The repository includes guidance for schools on how to facilitate a workshop around specific topics and they can select the online materials and download and/or print them for use in a bespoke workshop in their own setting.

We are also supporting schools to explore topics using our visual methodology. These include the use of outdoor spaces, school refusal, the inclusivity of wall displays, safety/belonging and the inclusivity of shared indoor recreational spaces, memories and bereavement.

Potential Intern Activities

Supporting the project team in preparing resources for workshops (and attending these depending on DBS check).
Analysing data from some of the recent CPD sessions that will inform the impact study.
Updating and maintaining the project webpage that will serve as school-facing information portal and a toolkit repository.

For initial enquiries, please contact

Virginia Kay

[email protected]

01695 657268

Alicia Blanco-Bayo

[email protected]

01695 584262